No offense, but LSU loses again even alternated three quarterbacks. Nothing worked. "It hurt them to lose their wide receiver (Todd Kinchen). You need a guy like that in a touchdown-sore game like this," Alabama Coach Gene Stallings said. The Tigers had a couple of chances to do something to ease the pain. On its first possession, LSU marched to the Alabama 5-yard line. But tailback Harvey Williams was hit by John Sullins. Williams fumbled and Alabama's Stacey Harrison recovered to end that A backfired idea: 2C LSU-Alabama summary: 2C The Tigers, 4-5 overall and 2-4 in the Southeastern Conference, have scored only one touchdown in the last 14 quarters. Alabama, 5-4 overall and 4-2 in the SEC, has not allowed a touchdown in 16 quarters. Things didn't change any Saturday. It wasn't that Archer didn't try. He used four ball carriers. He By SCOTT FERRELL The Times TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - They will begin tearing out the aging artificial turf at Bryant-Denny Stadium next week. But LSU's Tiger football team left the end zones in good shape Saturday afternoon. Alabama kept LSU out of the end zone and nearly out of the bowl - picture - with a 24-3 romp. "I think it's basically a matter of their defense being very good," LSU Coach Mike Archer said. And LSU's offense being very bad. drive. On the Tigers' next possession, LSU drove to the Alabama 6, but the Tigers had to settle for a 23-yard field goal from Pedro Suarez. "The first two drives, they looked like they couldn't stop us," LSU quarterback Sol Graves said. "And they couldn't." But that lasted for only one quarter. After earning eight first downs in the first quarter, LSU would get only three in the remainder of the game. The Tigers gained only 57 yards offense in the final three periods after rolling up 109 in the first quarter. "We were able to move the ball at first," Archer said. "But we didn't do much after that." Alabama shared the blame/credit. Tide shut down LSU's running game. The passing game quickly followed. While the Crimson Tide defense was stopping the LSU offense, Alabama's running game slowly began to pick up steam. Early in the second quarter, the See ROLLING, Page 2C